All four take place at the March 19 event, which is scheduled for the Lucky Star Casino in Concho, Okla.

The matchups were first reported by Sherdog.com.

Freire (14-1 MMA, 2-1 BFC) suffered his first career loss in the finale of the season-two
tourney, when he dropped a close split decision to current champ Joe
Warren.
Prior to the Warren loss, Freire opened his career with a 14-0 mark,
which included Bellator tourney wins over William Romero and Reis.

Karakhanyan (14-2-1 MMA, 2-1 BFC) first fought in the season-two tourney, where he scored one of
Bellator’s top highlights with a knee-strike KO of Bao Quach in the
opening round. However, he then suffered a decision loss to eventual tourney winner and current champ Warren in the semifinals.

George (20-3 MMA, 0-0 BFC) makes his Bellator debut on the heels of a six-fight win streak
that includes five stoppage victories. In fact, 17 of the seven-year
vet’s 20 victories have come via stoppage. Most recently, he submitted
Bellator vet Bryan Goldsby at an October 2009 C3 Fights show.

The first and only EliteXC bantamweight champion, Reis (11-2 MMA, 3-2 BFC) reached the
semifinals in Bellator’s first and second seasons, though he was ousted
via decision each time. Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney said the decision to
give Reis a third shot was an easy one.

Foster (8-2 MMA, 1-0 BFC) made his Bellator debut this past October in a non-tournament
decision win over Lester Caslow. The Team BombSquad fighter is 7-1 in
his past eight fights and own four career victories via stoppage.

Larkin (3-0 MMA, 1-0 BFC) made his Bellator debut this past September with a first-round
submission over Marcus Andrusia in a non-tournament bout. A former
Division I wrestling champion at Arizona State University, Larkin has
earned three-straight wins to open his MMA career. All three have come
via first-round stoppage.

Malegarie (19-0 MMA, 0-0 BFC) has fought professionally since 2007 and has opened his career
with an astounding 19-straight victories. The 24-year-old Ataque Duplo
product, who counts 17 stoppage wins in his 19 career fights, has
trained in Brazilian jiu-jitsu since age 12.

Straus (14-3 MMA, 1-0 BFC) turned pro just two years ago and already has racked up 17
professional fights. In 2009 alone he fought 11 times and went 8-3. His
2010 season resulted in an undefeated 6-0 record, which included a
Bellator 23 win over Chad Hinton (and regional wins over UFC vet Gideon
Ray and former WEC fighter Karen Darabedyan).

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